swear Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To take an oath1. jūro, 12. jūror, dep., 1 (rare)3. dăre jusjūrandum4. jusjurandum accipere, Caes. B. C. 3, 28.5. adjūro, 16. jūrĕjūrando affirmareII. To utter curses, profane languageB. Trans. • swear: A. Intrans.: I. To take an oath: 1. jūro, 1: if he swore with his hand on the altar, no one would believe, si aram tenens juraret, nemo crederet, Cic. Fl. 36, 90: to s. that one will do something, j. se aliquid facturum esse, Caes. B. C. 3, 13: to s. by the stars, j. sidera, Virg. Aen. 12, 197: to s. by any one, per aliquem j., Cic. Acad. 4, 20, 65: to s. to having a sickness, j. morbum, id. Att. 1, 1: to s. an oath, jusjurandum j., id. Fam. 5, 2. 2. jūror, dep., 1 (rare): have you not sworn to me? non tu juratus mihi es? Pl. Rud. 5, 2, 16. 3. dăre jusjūrandum: Pl. Most. 5, 1, 36. 4. jusjurandum accipere, Caes. B. C. 3, 28. 5. adjūro, 1: he swore solemnly to me that she was his own daughter, eam suam esse filiam sancte adjurabat mihi, Pl. Cist. 2, 3, 27. 6. jūrĕjūrando affirmare: Liv. 29, 23. Phr.: to s. allegiance to a man, jurare in nomen alicujus, Suet. Claud. 10: to compel the soldiers to s. allegiance to the Senate, adigere milites sacramento in nomen Senatus, Suet. Galb. 16: to s. by a man (believe in him, lit. swear after his formula), jurare in verba alicujus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14: to s. that one is not guilty of anything, jurare aliquid, e. g. calumniam, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 8: to s. to observe a law, jurare in legem, Cic. Sest. 16, 37: to s. falsely, jurare falsum, id. Off. 3, 29, 108: s. truly, vere jurare, id. Fam. 5, 2: to s. to the subject of a suit, jurare in litem, id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4. II. To utter curses, profane language: *diras exsecrationes edere: *impia verba edere: diras deprecationes edere, Plin.: v. curse. B. Trans.: to s. a thing: v. sup.: to s. a man (put him on his oath), alicui obsecrationem praeire, Suet. Claud. 22: sacramentum praeire, Tac. H. 1, 36: alicui deferre jusjurandum, Quint. 5, 6, 4: aliquem jurejurando obstringere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: to s. a man into an office, *jurejurando accepto aliquem administrationi praeficere: to s. in soldiers, milites sacramento rogare, Liv. 40, 26 to swear in, adigere aliquos jurejurando, Liv. 22, 38: sworn to kill him, juratus se eum interemturum, Liv. 32, 22.
SWEAR Copy link • SWEARIntransitively. To take an oath, jurare: jusjurandum jurare or dare (that; accusative with infinitive). To swear to anything, jurejurando firmare (to confirm by oath): jurare aliquid or with accusative and infinitive (to swear that a thing really is so; e.g., morbum, to swear that a person is sick, to swear to a sickness): adjurare, followed by accusative and infinitive (to assure upon oath that a thing is or is not so, that one will or will not do anything): jurare in aliquid (to lay an oath upon anything; e.g., in litem; i. e., to swear that a person is really indebted to one, to swear to one’s accusation; but especially to bind one’s self by oath to anything, to undertake upon oath; e.g., in foedus, in legem): I swear (as a witness) to evidence, juro testimonium dicens: I can swear to it with good conscience, liquet mihi jurare: I will swear to it that, etc., dabo jusjurandum. To use profane language, diras, impias voces edere: to curse and swear, *maledicere alicui: aliquem exsecrari, et diras, impias voces, dira verba, diras exclamationes addere. Transitively. To put upon oath, jurejurando or jusjurandum, or ad jusjurandum aliquem adigere; jusjurandum ab aliquo exigere (general terms): aliquem sacramento rogare or adigere (a soldier). Sworn, juratus. A swearing or swearing in, adactio jusjurandi (Liv., 22, 38).